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The Best Attractions In Ickenham

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Swakeleys Park

Hawk Conservancy Trust

Hampton Court Palace

Stonehenge

THORPE PARK Resort

Blenheim Palace

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Ickenham is an area centred on an old village in Greater London, part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. While no major historical events have taken place in Ickenham, settlements dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain have been discovered during archaeological surveys, and the area appears in the Domesday Book. Buildings from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries remain standing and have been restored in recent years. The village was originally split into four manors, but later there were two: Ickenham and Swakeleys. The old manorial home of Swakeleys, a 17th-century Jacobean mansion Swakeleys House still stands, and much of the Swakeleys estate...
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The Best Attractions In Ickenham

1. Swakeleys Park Ickenham
Swakeleys House is a Grade I-listed 17th-century mansion in Ickenham, London Borough of Hillingdon, built in 1638 for the future Lord Mayor of London, Sir Edmund Wright. Originally the home of the lords of the manor of Swakeleys, writer Samuel Pepys visited the house twice. The property changed hands many times over the years and at one time was home to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Sports Association. Large sections of the grounds were sold off in 1922 and developed as suburban housing. Following a long period of decline, the house was purchased in the 1980s by a group of local residents and restored as part of its conversion to offices. It became a focal point for Ickenham during the biennial Ickenham Festival when the grounds were used to host the main gala day, until the house's ne...
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2. Hampton Court Palace East Molesey
Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, 11.7 miles south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Building of the palace began in 1515 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the King to check his disgrace; Henry VIII later enlarged it. Along with St James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by King Henry VIII. In the following century, King William III's massive rebuilding and expansion work, which was intended to rival Versailles, destroyed much of the Tudor palace. Work ceased in 1694, leaving the palace in two distinct contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor and Baroque. While the palace's styles are...
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3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 723 staff . Its board of trustees is chaired by Marcus Agius, a former chairman of Barclays. The organisation manages botanic gardens at Kew in Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, and at Wakehurst Place, a National Trust property in Sussex which is home to the internationally important Millennium Seed Bank, whose scientists work with partner organisations in more than 95 countries. Kew, jointly with the Forestry Commission, founded Bedgebury National Pinetum in Kent in 1923, specialising in growing conifers. In 1994 the Castle Howard Arboretum Trust,...
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4. Stonehenge Amesbury
Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles west of Amesbury. It consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone around 13 feet high, 7 feet wide and weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC, although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.One of the most famous landmarks in the United Kingdom, Stoneheng...
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5. Hawk Conservancy Trust Weyhill
The Hawk Conservancy Trust is a bird park and conservation charity that cares for and displays birds of prey. It is located in Weyhill, Hampshire, England, near to the A303 road and the town of Andover. Founded as a zoo by local farmer Reg Smith and his wife Hilary, the park was incorporated as the Hawk Conservancy Trust in 2002. It is also the site of the National Bird of Prey Hospital, a veterinary hospital that takes in injured birds of prey.
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6. Blenheim Palace Woodstock
Blenheim & Woodstock was a railway station constructed in the neoclassical style which served the town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace in the English county of Oxfordshire. The station, as well as the line, was constructed by the Duke of Marlborough and was privately run until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway. The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day. The last train ran on 27 February 1954 adorned with a wreath. The station building was initially converted into a garage and petrol station. Then the forecourt of the site was no longer used as a petrol station, but for used car sales only with a building company using some of the land behind the station. There were proposals for demolishing the b...
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7. THORPE PARK Resort Chertsey
Thorpe Park is a theme park located between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey. It is operated and owned by Merlin Entertainments. After demolition of the Thorpe Park Estate in the 1930s, the site became a gravel pit. Thorpe Park Resort was built in the 1970s on the gravel pit which was partially flooded, creating a water-based theme for the park. This essentially allows guests to view the park as an island, which is where the park's current island like no other slogan originates from. It was officially opened to the public by Lord Louis Mountbatten in 1979. It has since grown into one of the major theme parks in the UK and now also features a hotel. Major attractions include a large water ride Tidal Wave, a number of rollercoasters including Colossus, Nemesis Inferno,...
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Places to see in ( Harrow - UK )

Places to see in ( Harrow - UK )

Harrow is a large suburban town in the London Borough of Harrow, northwest London, England. Harrow is centred 10.5 miles northwest of Charing Cross. Harrow was a municipal borough of Middlesex before its inclusion in Greater London in 1965. Harrow is home to a large Westminster polytechnic campus and its oldest secondary schools are Harrow School and Harrow High School.

Harrow-on-the-Hill includes the conservation area with a high proportion of listed buildings with a residential and institutional array of Georgian architecture and a few 17th century examples. Harrow gives its initial letters to a wider postcode area. The administrative offices of the borough are in the town which currently is made up of the Headstone North, Roxeth, Marlborough, Greenhill, Headstone South and West Harrow electoral wards.

Harrow historically included Harrow on the Hill, which sits on top of an outlying knoll and is contiguous with the centre of Harrow. Much of Kenton and before 1716 all of Pinner were parts of Harrow, geographical facts which root the importance of Harrow as a meeting place and a place of business. Harrow Weald, is the district north of Wealdstone, both of which were historically also part of Harrow. Harrow may also include the wards of Roxeth, Marlborough, Headstone North and Harrow on the Hill as well as the Greenhill, West Harrow and Headstone South wards listed above.

Alot to see in ( Harrow - UK ) such as :

Northala Fields
Aldenham Country Park
Fryent Country Park
Ruislip Woods
Bhaktivedanta Manor
Perivale Wood
Headstone Manor
Pinner Memorial Park
King George Recreation Ground
Cranford Park
Heath Robinson Museum
Bentley Priory
Harrow Museum
Woodcock Park
Islip Manor Meadows
Harrow Recreation Ground
Chandos Recreation Ground
Northwood Recreation Ground
Colne Valley regional park
Hilfield Park Reservoir
Long Wood, Ealing
Swakeleys Park
Barham Park
Ickenham Hall

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Places to see in ( London - UK ) Loftus Road Stadium

Places to see in ( London - UK ) Loftus Road Stadium

Loftus Road Stadium is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, London, which is home to Queens Park Rangers. In 1981, the ground of Loftus Road Stadium became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed, which remained until 1988.

Rugby union team London Wasps shared the ground with QPR between 1996 and 2002 and Premier League football club Fulham shared Loftus Road Stadium from 2002 to 2004 while Craven Cottage was closed for reconstruction. Other users of the Loftus Road Stadium have included the Jamaican and Australian national football teams. In 1985, Barry McGuigan defeated Eusebio Pedroza for the World Boxing Association featherweight championship at the Loftus Road Stadium .

Loftus Road has a capacity of 18,439. The four stands are the Loftus Road End (often shortened to The Loft), Ellerslie Road Stand, South Africa Road Stand and the School End, the Upper Tier of which is used by away supporters who are allocated the lower tier only for cup matches. Loftus Road was home to professional rugby union team London Wasps from September 1996 to the end of the 2001–02 season, having moved from their home in Sudbury, Middlesex, as part of the deal in which Chris Wright took control of both Wasps and QPR.

There are several London Underground stations near the Loftus Road Stadium , the closest being White City, which is on the Central line, about five minutes walk away from the Loftus Road Stadium. A further two minutes walk away is Wood Lane on the Hammersmith & City line. Shepherd's Bush Market is also on the Hammersmith & City line.

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Brooklands Miniature Railway After Closure Sept 2018

A short video taken on Thursday 27th September 2018 showing the Brooklands Miniature Railway at Brooklands Pleasure Park in Worthing, West Sussex. The miniature railway closed on Sunday 9th September 2018, with two “final” runs made on Sunday 23rd September for staff, family, friends and the local press. This video shows the un named loco (once in a different guise as “Diddly Dee”) with a set of three carriages being returned to the shed after the train had been parked outside the shed to enable two members of staff to work on the other set of three carriages, coupled to the other loco “Diddly Dum”. The stock and track will be removed from site from Monday 8th October 2018 and put into storage until a buyer is found. The miniature railway first opened in Easter 1965 as a 9 1/2 inch gauge end to end line but in 1967 was replaced with a 10 1/4 inch gauge railway and laid around the lake with a bridge over the Teville Stream. The miniature railway in it’s entirety has been put up for sale on eBay for £20,000 which includes just under a mile of track, two locomotives and six carriages (two sets of three). The Worthing Herald reported the final runs: “The miniature train at Brooklands Park completed its final journey on Sunday (September 23) as it prepares to make way for a new era. The train’s owner, Kevin McCluskey, cancelled his lease for the operation of attractions at Brooklands earlier this month after 11 years and, after the council opted not to keep the train, is looking to sell the family favourite. Stuart Coles, who has been friends with Kevin for 11 years and driven the train at the weekends for five, was at the wheel for its farewell. “There were a few tears from staff. Lynne, Kevin’s partner, and I were given the privilege to drive the last train rides ever,” he said. “I’m going to be a little lost at weekends now, because Brooklands has been like a second home to me for the last 11 years. “We had lots of good, fun times which I will treasure forever. It’s the end of an era.” Stuart said about 45 people turned up for the goodbye, meaning he had to do two trips. The council recently announced it will be revealing the ‘masterplan’ for the park at a public meeting on Thursday, October 11, at Worthing Town Hall”. Update: video of track removal now available on my channel.

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